Monday, May 22, 2006

Game 44 Thoughts

-Crazy game today. See DickDaStick's post for some good stuff.

-I want to harp on Garland. He clearly didn't have his best stuff and suffered from Eddings (yes the ump from the infamous Angels Playoff game) ever changing strike zone, but to his credit he hung in there and pitched well enough to keep us in the ball game.

-Ozzie was justified by the output of the bench tonight. Mack and Pablo earned this victory.

-Pablo needs to put some serious work out there in the outfield. He lost a ball in the lights, which drove me crazy.

-2 out drag bunt...only the Sox. Pablo has some massive cojones.

-Frank must really miss the Cell.

-We were shut down by yet another lefty.

-What a time for Mack's first homer.

-Dye truly is silent and deadly. I forgot to give him mention, until James' comment. When we have the heart of our order intact, we are dangerous.

After watching JD this year, I'm actually glad he won the World Series MVP. JD hardly gets any recognition for how well he plays. He was justly rewarded in the World Series after his accomplishments went mostly unnoticed in the regular season, as they are this season.